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The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Infrastructure
Services, Q3 2015
Ten Providers That Matter And How They Stack Up
by Michael Facemire and Jeffrey S. Hammond
September 10, 2015
For ApplicAtion DevelopMent & Delivery proFeSSionAlS
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Key takeaways
AnyPresence, Kony, And red Hat Lead The
Pack
Forrester's research uncovered a market in which
Anypresence, Kony, and red Hat lead the pack.
Appcelerator, Kinvey, iBM, Microsoft, oracle, and
SAp offer competitive options. MobileSmith is a
market challenger.
The MIS Market Is Growing As Developers
Look For Prebuilt Infrastructure Services
the MiS market is growing because front-end
mobile developers don't want to spend time
building their own back-end mobile services.
they'd rather focus on building great mobile apps.
engagement, Analytics, And App Management
Services Are Differentiators In The MIS Market
As middleware, backend-as-a-service (BaaS),
and Api management markets converge into
mobile infrastructure platforms, engagement
services, analytics, and mobile app management
become key differentiators of platform breadth.
Why read this report
in Forrester's 112-criteria evaluation of mobile
infrastructure service vendors, we identified 10
significant software and service providers —
Anypresence, Appcelerator, iBM, Kinvey, Kony,
Microsoft, MobileSmith, oracle, red Hat, and
SAp — in the category and researched, analyzed,
and scored them. this report details our findings
about how well each vendor fulfills our criteria
and where they stand in relation to each other
to help application development and delivery
(AD&D) professionals select the right partner for
their mobile infrastructure services needs.